Wisconsin Industrial Sand Association
WisconsinSand is the online home of the Wisconsin Industrial Sand Association (WISA), an organization formed to promote safe and environmentally responsible sand mining standards, promote a fact-based discussion and create a positive dialogue among the industry, citizens and Wisconsin government officials. Sand mining …
Frac sand boom creates thousands of jobs
Currently, there are no official employment numbers for the state's rapidly expanding frac sand industry. But the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, using job-site estimates developed by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, found that when existing mines and those being built are fully operating, the industry will …
Explainer: What is fracking?
The "frac sand" in Wisconsin was deposited here 500 million years ago by shallow seas that covered the state, says Shanan Peters, UW-Madison assistant …
Frac Sand Company Emerges From Bankruptcy, Back In …
A frac sand company in Wisconsin has re-emerged from bankruptcy and has brought its Chippewa County mine back into compliance with state and local regulations. Texas-based Emerge Energy Services filed […]
Quick Sand: Frack Sand Mining in Wisconsin
Quick Sand: Frack Sand Mining in Wisconsin. Each silica sand mine displaces 871 acres of wetlands and more than 12 square miles of forests and …
Idled Trempealeau County frac sand mine has been …
The consolidation of Wisconsin's frac sand mining industry continues with Texas based, Smart Sand Inc. announcing the purchase of a long idled mine in Trempealeau County. On March 8, Smart […]
DNR To Study If Frac Sand Mining Contaminates Groundwater
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is planning a study to see if frac sand mining is causing heavy metals to leach into the state's groundwater. DNR frac sand sector specialist Roberta Walls said the agency sampled water used to wash frac sand at 13 mines in western Wisconsin in 2013. They found aluminum, copper, arsenic …
Frac Sand Piles Grow As Companies Begin Stockpiling For …
Rich Budinger, president of the Wisconsin Industrial Sand Association and a plant manager for mining company Fairmont Santrol, said that right now companies are ramping up the mining and washing of sand to stockpile product before the freeze sets in. Budinger said the larger sand mines and processing plants produce anywhere from 500,000 to ...
UK company planning to open battery facility in former EOG …
The former EOG Resources sand processing plant in Chippewa Falls, shown here in 2011, could be re-opened as a battery production facility. A British firm is planning to invest $12 million to $15 million to remodel …
Overview of Frac Sand Mining
Wisconsin leads the nation in frac sand production. Most of the frac sand mines are located within or near the periphery of the 'driftless' area of west-central and …
Frac Sand Pond Drained, Reaches Trempealeau River After Worker …
First responders were called just before 8 a.m. Monday to Hi-Crush Proppant's frac sand wash plant in the city of Whitehall to rescue a man trapped inside a submerged bulldozer in a pond on the property according to a press release from the Trempealeau County Sheriff's Department. ... "Cleanup of the sediment is ongoing and …
Wisconsin frac sand sites double
Frac sand fever has hit much of west-central Wisconsin, catching residents and local governments by surprise when demand for sand suddenly soared and permit applications began to pour in. The …
Demand for Wisconsin frac sand increased slightly in 2021
Industry experts say demand for Wisconsin frac sand increased slightly in 2021. While many of the state's mines remain idle, some oil and natural gas companies in places like Texas have turned to the Badger State's "northern white" sand to fill gaps caused by production problems at local mines.
Frac sand: Wisconsin mines and plants
An interactive map and spreadsheet of sand mines and plants operating in Wisconsin, along with sites in development.
Frac sand in Wisconsin
sand traps. It has also been mined for the petroleum industry for many years. Recent advances in ex-tracting oil and gas using a process called "fracking" (short for hydraulic fracturing) have greatly increased the demand for Wisconsin's sand. What is frac sand? Frac sand is quartz sand of a spe-cific grain size and shape that is
Mining Company: 10M Gallons Of Water, Muck Spilled …
The company that owns a frac sand mining operation in Trempealeau County is providing more information about a recent spill at a sand processing pond that resulted from the rescue of a trapped worker.. About 10 million gallons of water used to wash frac sand was drained in order to save a man who was trapped underwater in a bulldozer cab for more …
Overview of Frac Sand Mining
Wisconsin leads the nation in frac sand production. Most of the frac sand mines are located within or near the periphery of the 'driftless' area of west-central and southwestern Wisconsin - an area that was largely unglaciated, leaving bedrock formations close to …
October update: Wisconsin's frac sand industry map
Wisconsin's frac sand boom may have slowed, but the number of permitted and proposed facilities still has grown since the Center's May tally.
New studies measure air, water impacts of frac sand mines
Competing studies are under way to assess air pollution from Wisconsin's frac sand industry, and the author of one said current state law isn't protecting people well enough. A separate study, meanwhile, will examine the …
Breaking Down the Bedrock of Frac Sand Mining
Clare Sullivan: Can you talk about the geographies of frac sand mining in Wisconsin? Tim Jacobson: Frac sand mining is heavily concentrated in western and southwestern Wisconsin. It's kind of strange, but western Wisconsin became the center of the universe for frac sand mining.
Pollution worries abound in frac sand waste streams
In Wisconsin, frac-sand mines in Trempealeau, Buffalo and Barron counties are creating unstable piles of sand waste and illicit wastewater runoff. ... Mining companies then treat the murky wash ...
Frac Sand Mines & Related Facilities
This is a map of silica sands/frac sand mines, drying facilities, & value added facilities in North America.
Map: Wisconsin's frac sand industry
Over the past two years, the increased demand for frac sand drove explosive growth in the state's sand industry.
Frac Sand in the United States—A Geological and Industry Overview
Abstract. A new mineral rush is underway in the upper Midwest of the United States, especially in Wisconsin and Minnesota, for deposits of high-quality frac sand that the mining industry calls "Northern White" sand or "Ottawa" sand.
Tests Show Toxic Heavy Metals Near Wisconsin Sand Mine …
Water that spilled from a frac sand mine last month contained high concentrations of heavy metals including arsenic, copper and lead. But experts say early test results indicate that much […]
Frac sand mining back on the rise in Wisconsin
A Texas-based frac sand company is seeing profit gains due to the renewed value of northern white sand in Wisconsin.
What is frac sand? | American Geosciences Institute
Frac sand is a type of sand with small, uniform particles. It is injected into the rock formation along with the water used to fracture the rock in the process known as hydraulic fracturing ("fracking"). The sand is used to prop open the fractures that are created. Because the particles are uniform, fluids like water, oil, and gas are able to flow through …
Hi-Crush
Hi-Crush owns and operates four frac sand production facilities in Wisconsin and two in-basin sand production facilities in West Texas. Our frac sand is sold primarily to E&P companies, the asset owners and end users of the product, as well as pressure pumping services companies.
Frac Sand Mining in Wisconsin: Understanding Emerging …
Abstract Over the past few years industrial sand mining has expanded rapidly in western Wisconsin, driven largely by the use of sand in hydraulic fracturing, itself a controver …
Against the grain: Fracking companies mine rural Wisconsin for sand
Frac-sand corporations count on a combination of naïveté, trust, and incomprehension in rural hamlets that previously dealt with companies no larger than Wisconsin's local sand and gravel ...